Articles Letters Interviews
- Quoted in the Wall Street Journal on the impact of "Sandy" on local fundraising
- Quoted in The Daily Beast The Lance Armstrong Foundation
- Quoted in WSJ about fundraising debacle at Brooklyn Museum
- Quoted in Wall Street Journal in article on the Susan G. Komen/Planned Parenthood situation
- Quoted in Wall Street Journal in article on board governance
- Bloomberg News article on The Giving Pledge
- Baseball Tomorrow Fund of MLB interview on fundraising
- Jewish Historical Society of Central New Jersey, lecture on Jewish philanthropy
- New York Times Letter to the Editor on Fundraising in Times of Economic Crisis
Links
Clients and Testimonials
Testimonials
"The Gottesman Fund, a private family foundation, was seeking to create a new program and Marian conducted a series of focus groups for us. She impressed us with her unique blend of strategic thinking, professionalism,warmth and sensitivity to the clients' needs. Her skills as facilitator are exceptional: she gains the trust of her audience, asks the right questions, and draws incisive conclusions. Marian's contributions to our project were invaluable!"
Diane Eidman
Director, The Gottesman Fund
New York City
Director, The Gottesman Fund
New York City
"Marian Stern is a strategic thinker whose advice is informed by her experiences as a corporate grantmaker, college professor, and consultant to many diverse nonprofit agencies and foundations. She works with all stakeholders to assess your organization’s needs, and then to develop a meaningful, results-oriented action plan that is aligned with your mission and vision."
Pam Scott
Chief Foundation Officer, Mountainside Health Foundation
Montclair, New Jersey
http://www.mshfoundation.org/
Chief Foundation Officer, Mountainside Health Foundation
Montclair, New Jersey
http://www.mshfoundation.org/
"Marian Stern has been a wonderful resource for our agency. She has facilitated the Programs for Parents strategic planning sessions and worked with me and the Board to ensure that we are on the right path for optimum governance."
"Rutgers Hillel is truly blessed to work with Marian Stern on a number of very important grant initiatives that the organization is developing. In addition to providing strong counsel on the content and construct of these grants Marian also facilitated separate strategic focus groups that helped advance the case for support for each grant proposal. We consider her to be the best in her field and areas of expertise."
Marian Stern worked and continues to work with the Community Chest of Englewood, Tenafly and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on a variety of efforts directed at re-positioning the Chest to become a more effective fundraising organization. Marian developed the process and brought our Planning Committee through a series of exercises that resulted in our board having new energy around our annual campaign, new strategies for cultivating donors, and a new message for our donors and prospects. Marian has unique expertise in working with organizations, which both fundraise and make grants; she provided us with a strategy that was unique and creative. On top of that, she was a pleasure to work with.
Mark P. Kesslen
President, Community Chest of Englewood, Tenafly and Englewood
Cliffs, New Jersey
http://www.communitychestofenglewood.org/
President, Community Chest of Englewood, Tenafly and Englewood
Cliffs, New Jersey
http://www.communitychestofenglewood.org/
Clients
- 92nd Street “Y”
- Adult School of Montclair
- American Friends of Bucerius
- American Jewish Congress
- Arthur Andersen & Co. S. C. Foundation
- ARZA
- Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies
- Central Conference of American Rabbis
- Chemical Bank
- Citymeals-on-Wheels
- Community Chest of Englewood, Tenafly and Englewood Cliffs
- East Midwood Hebrew Day School
- The Forward
- The Gottesman Fund
- Green Hill Retirement Community
- The GreenPoint Savings Bank
- HAFTR
- Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey
- Hudson County CASA
- Hunter College Hillel
- Israel National Museum of Science
- Jewish Community Foundation of MetroWest
- Jewish Family Services of Delaware
- Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest
- Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence
- Kindersmile Foundation
- Mental Health Association of Essex County
- Mountainside Health Foundation
- Narcolepsy Network
- National Association of Jewish Chaplains
- NY Downtown Hospital
- Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education
- Programs for Parents
- Project Education
- Ramaz School
- Rutgers University Hillel
- Senior Care and Activities Center
- Seton Hall University Department of Public and Health Administration
- Sephardic Bikur Holim
- Steinway & Sons
- TV Food Network
- United Way of Essex and West Hudson
- Vera Institute of Justice
- We Care About New York
- Women's Rights Information Center
- Workmen's Circle